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EU Commission economic forecast has given rise to dispute between the
government and the opposition. FinMin Yiannis Papathanasiou will make
the official announcement of the government's position after his
crucial meetings with EU Commissioner and the Eurogroup president
,Joaquin Almunia and Jean Claude Juncker respectively on the sidelines
of the Ecofin and Eurogroup councils. However, government spokesman
Evangelos Antonaros stressed that the government is handling with
responsibility its obligations to the EU and with social sensitivity
the problems of the low-income groups. PASOK and SYRIZA parties said
that the failure of the government's economic policy was confirmed. The
GCP said that EU developments indicate that there is no political
management that can avert impacts of economic crisis while LAOS blame
both PASOK and ND parties for leading the country to bankruptcy.

Researchers in Adelaide, Australia said they found a method for
nutrition protection of premature babies leading to impaired mental
development. Specifically, a six-year study led by Dr Maria Makrides
from the Women's & Children's Health Research Institute and Professor
Bob Gibson from the University of Adelaide has indicated that high
doses of fatty acids administered to pre-term infants via their
mother's breast milk or infant formula can help their mental
development.

Researchers found that a major lipid in the brain - the omega-3 fatty
acid (DHA) - is not developed sufficiently in babies born before 33
weeks' gestation, leading to possible impaired mental development.

To counter this, increased doses of DHA were administered to lactating
mothers with pre-term infants, in the form of tuna oil capsules. If
required, infants were given supplementary formula with matching DHA
levels.Of 657 premature babies tested in a trial involving five
Australian hospitals, about 50% fewer infants on high-DHA diets had
significantly delayed mental development compared with low DHA diets.
Premature girls in particular who were exposed to DHA-rich diets showed
much better mental development than girls fed the low DHA diet.

Researchers were at a loss to explain why premature male babies - who
are more susceptible to cognitive problems - did not respond to the
same extent, with no obvious differences in mental development between
the control group and those administered high doses of DHA. A possible
explanation might be that boys may have a faster metabolic rate than
girls and need higher doses of DHA to make a difference, professor
Gibson said.

In a multi-page proclamation sent to "To Pontiki" newspaper, the
"Revolutionary Struggle" organization claims responsibility for attacks
against Riot Police squad in Exarheia, where young policeman Diamantis
Mantzounis was injured, Riot Police bus on December, 23, in Goudi as
well as an unsuccessful bomb attack against an oil company in Faliro.

The Eharheia attack was the response to 15 yo Alexandros Grigoropoulos
death says the proclamation. The Anti-terrorism Body is already
examining the proclamation of the Revolutionary Struggle organization.

Use of violence is condemnable whatever its source is said government
spokesman, Evangelos Antonaros. "There is no excuse and I will not
waste any time on texts by some who want to justify the use of
violence" said Mr. Antonaros.